- For 2 large deep dish pies:
- 3 lg sweet potatoes
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup natural sugar
- 1 stick salted butter
- 1 can evaporated milk / orange juice
- 1 tbl spoon vanilla extract
- 1 tea spoon lemon extract
- 1 tbl spoon nutmeg
- have your eggs, butter and milk and pie shells at room temp.
- pre heat oven to 400 degrees ( I suggest that you start this proccess early in the morning)
- wrap your potatoes in alluminum foil and bake for 1/2 hrs til soft ( let potatoes cool down enough to handle before unwrapping yet still warm) *turn oven down to 325 for pies*
- when potatoes are ready you'll need a large mixing bowl a mixer or a potato masher
- unwrap potatoes from the foil( but don't ball up the foil ) peel and discard the skin and place the potatoes in the bowl along with the oil from the potatoes (boiling takes away the nutrients)
- Mix or mash potatoes whichever your using.
- Add butter then mix in then eggs, cup of sugar, then1 can milk(or to the thickness that you desire) and mix real good
- Add tbl spoon of vanilla and tea spoon of lemon
- *secret weapon.... add 1-3 caps of orange juice(taste)
- Add nutmeg (or to your liking)
- "BEFORE YOU POUR THE CUSTARD IN THE SHELLS?
- Melt down some butter. Using a fork polk wholes around the bottom and sides of each pie crust and spread the butter throughout each pie crust and then place in the oven.
- The moment the crust starts to rise take them out and then add your custard( this is so that the crust isn;t gooey)
- Bake until the pie is firm to the touch and then remove from oven
- "Now my secret weapon which gives it the Gourmet touch!
- Maple syrup....maple syrup? "yes maple syrup.
- Pour some syrup in a small cup..... get you a piece of napkin or paper towel whichever,
- Dip it in your syrup......and spread it around the edges of the pie crust all the way around
- Reapeat this process 3 times....know why ?
- Because the crust is the last thing that goes into your mouth and the syrup compliments the pie
- instead of that dry burnt taste you get when you get to the crust........ you'll get a sweet taste throughout your eating. {-:
- Enjoy